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What desktop enviroment do you use and why? (thelemmy.club)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So a few months back I asked about you guys os in c/asklemmy, so this time I wanna ask about your desktops you use on this same account.
(I use kde but plan to move to cinnamon I find kde buggy and gnome tracker3 randomly broke for no reason + themeing so yh idk if these happened to anybody)

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Gnome and Cosmic. Gnome 'cause of simplicity and Cosmic because of Rust.

!I am a Rust programmer and I love this language!<

[–] [email protected] -2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I found some negative press about cosmic which can be valid or not.
https://blog.vaxry.net/articles/2024-on-cosmic

[–] [email protected] 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Repeating my other reply verbatim yet again as you keep copying and pasting the same exact comment:

First, to be clear, this isn't so much "press" as a blog entry. Second, there are only so many mentions of "rust cultists" and "my rust" I can read in a blog before losing interest.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

Ohh okay thanks for that friendly reply, I wanted to show this reply that's why I said it 3 times but ig that blog is wrong or opinionated.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 20 hours ago

Once was enough. Twice was suspicious. Three times seemed like a campaign.